Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-22
TEE JUBILEE.
Grand Ceremonies in Westminster
Abbey in Honor of the Reign Of
Britain's WomanIy Queen.
Ten Thousand People Within the Ed.
flee, and Millions of Subjects With
out, Psy Her ROmsge.
President CIeYeland's Letter Presenting
His Jubilee Congratulations to Her
Royal HIghness
IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
LONDON, June 21.-The first day of the
fifty first year of the reign of Queen Vic
toria over Great Britain opened with per-
feet summer weather in London. Thou
sands OF people who yesterday selected
locations along the route of to-dsv's pro-
cesssion, IN order to retain them oCCu-
pied them al night, At o'clock the line
Of the route was on each side compact
mass of people. The scene at West
minister Abbey was most brill
liant. Every seat was flied and
every person present was g distinguished
person. When their Identities were
enumerated it seems as If every locality
the world over had sent one or more of
its representative personaEes to do homer
to England's Queen on Bri,ain's greatest
holiday. There never probsbly in mod
ern times has assembled under
one roof an audience so well
and so brilliantly arrayed. Every
man present entitled to wear 8 uniform
or decoration had both on, new or bur
nis1ed up. When the audience was all
seated the scene was incompatible
When the sun shone brightly through
the noble stained windows of the abbey,
its rays fell upon an unsccustomed sight,
and the picture was indescribable. The
audience, banked up as it was in 3
church, was anything but somb-e. For
awhile. when all were seated, there Wes
quiet, but this was only temporary and
lasted only long enough to enable the
people TO locate one another. Then
there was the life OF recognition and of
gossip and il graduated rapidly into 3
noisy hum.
When the Marquis of Salisbury, the
Queens Prime Minister, entered and
proceeded to the place set apart for him,
he was cheeTed. When Mr.. Gladstone
was observed quietly edgng his way to
mis- seat he was also cheeTcd. Such was
! the eagerness of those who had been as
ksured places IN The audience at West
minister to be on hand that scares OF
lords and ladies repaired to the edifce at
an unnecessarily early hour without par
taking of any breakfast. e was q strange
sight to see TASKS aud sandwiches eX-
changed in suCh crowd aud eagerly
used by numberless aristocrats unable
longer to withstand hunger or thirst.
This business, when added to the hum ct
times
SEEMED IRREVBRENT
even on jubilee day in Westminster The
line of the route was kept open by nearly
10000 troops representing all branches
of the service, and in addition 600 boys
from the naval training ships were drawn
up at the bass OF the Nelson monument.
sFAe first OF the royal procession was
composed OF the Indian prince and few
minor German princes. Principally at
ll:l5 8. IN. the Queen, in an open car
rage drawn by eight ponies, emerged
from the palace gates. At the sight of
her, thousands of voices we're lifted up
in cheers, the applause being accom-
panied by the music of many military
bands stationed in front of the palace.
The Queen did not wear
HER STATE ROBES,
but wSs dressed in black The Prince of
Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke
OF Connsught, her sons; the Crown Prince
OF Germany, the Marquis of Lorne, Prince
Christian of SChlesHeig. Holstein and
Prince Henry Of Bsttenberg, her sons-in-
law, and Princes Albert Victor and
George OF Wales, Prince Alfred of Edin-
Ourgh and Prince William of Prussia,
her grandsons, all rode IN full uniform
beside the Queens coach IS body
guard. The Queens carriage was large
one, of chocolate color. The wheels were
red and the royal arms in gold were en-
blaz0ned upon the panels. Red morocco
harness was used for the horses All the
servants wore state livery of scarlet and
gold. The other carriages containing
the members Of the royal family were OF
a gorgeous character, hOrsed with
four bays each, and all open.
The procession proceeded at a smart
walking pace into Constitution Hill and
then adopted q more deliberate gait. On
resching Picadilly the Queen was seen to
look up at Apsley house, aud as she pass
ed the m4usionS Of her intimate friends |
she glanced somewhat hastily st their |
ab0des, more especially when passing the |
Duke Of Cambridge's, Baron Rothschild's, |
Baroness Burdett-Coutts' and Jehn
Bright's old apartments at Devonshire
house. The Marquis OF Harrington had |
q spsci0u5 gallery erected from which !
many hundreds Of gaily dressed ladies
WAVED THEIR HANDKERCHIEFs
and cheered the Queen. The fronts Of the !
Burlington Arcade. the Royal Academy, |
Egyptian hail, ST. James parish church
where 1000 children were seated and |
sspgssEod Save the Queen"-and the
Museum of Geology, were all packed with |
human beings. Regent Circle, where six !
main streets converge, was splendidly |
decorated with flowers, flags, evergreens,
etc. Many imposing commercial build
ings along the way were one mass Of
heads. Many shops hereabOuts had :he.r
fronts removed and elegant boudoirs were
formed in their places. The shouts of |
the people were heard as one vast roar.
Many American ladies' and gentlemen
had secured seats at the palatla com
merciel establishment in Waterloo place
and Joined in the enthusiasm as warmly
IS the English Passing around Pail
Mall east large gallery was erected over
the cJlnhde of her Msiesty's theater,
while 1900 chairs rented at from and 8
70 2uineas each we're sll filled at Water
co house on Cockspur street Trafalgar
square was now reached and everywhere
lne looked
NOTHING BUT HEADS
we're TO be seen. The crowd here was
and completely eclipsed any
hat mas aeSr-rNiPd ~ rho s--oS+cS- rofi't |